Know
As long as exams and term papers have existed, cheating has been a temptation
Many people cheat because they are afraid of failing or not being able to jerprdize their grades
People are always trying to find new ways to cheat or get around the teacher
Cheating is less common in classrooms where the learning is genuinely engaging
Want to know
How many people actually cheat on tests?
Is the number rising due to cell phones and internet?
Are there places online that are made for cheaters to use?
What kinds of teaching elicit cheating?
What assumptions and values lead us to define some acts as cheating in the first place?
Cheating is a violation of the rules. But are those rules reasonable?
Learn
35 percent of students have admitted to cheating by cell phone during a test
For many students they say that this is a Digital Age and learning is about information-sharing
A teacher with 1,000 papers has about 10 plagiarized papers
It has become more difficult for students to cheat than in the past with Turnitin.com
A student who blatantly copies material, either from the Internet of from another student, is usually attempting to pass a class with a “last ditch” effort.
As long as exams and term papers have existed, cheating has been a temptation
Many people cheat because they are afraid of failing or not being able to jerprdize their grades
People are always trying to find new ways to cheat or get around the teacher
Cheating is less common in classrooms where the learning is genuinely engaging
Want to know
How many people actually cheat on tests?
Is the number rising due to cell phones and internet?
Are there places online that are made for cheaters to use?
What kinds of teaching elicit cheating?
What assumptions and values lead us to define some acts as cheating in the first place?
Cheating is a violation of the rules. But are those rules reasonable?
Learn
35 percent of students have admitted to cheating by cell phone during a test
For many students they say that this is a Digital Age and learning is about information-sharing
A teacher with 1,000 papers has about 10 plagiarized papers
It has become more difficult for students to cheat than in the past with Turnitin.com
A student who blatantly copies material, either from the Internet of from another student, is usually attempting to pass a class with a “last ditch” effort.